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The Mentors Radio Show

The Mentors Radio Show

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The Mentors Radio Show is a business podcast hosted by Tom Loarie and Dan Hesse. It has 50 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Remarkable CEOs deliver real-world advice, experience, stories, lessons learned, examples, failures, funny moments, successes, and more to help YOU find purpose, success and happiness in life and work!

business ·en-US ·50 episodes

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472. What Sports Reveals about Presidents and Leaders, with Guest Mentor Chris Cillizza

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471. Is your career and lifestyle at risk from China’s ‘90% strategy’? Find out with Guest Mentor Ram Charan

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470. The Transformative Power of Creative Work and “Safe Danger” with Guest Ben Swire and Host Tom Loarie

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469. Good Leaders Get Their Hands Dirty, with Guest Mentors Nelson Repenning and Don Keiffer

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468. Guest Mentor Shirin Behzadi – From Bulletproof Glass to a Billion-Dollar Exit: The Architecture of an Unexpected CEO

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467. Why JFK’s Bay of Pigs Mistakes May Have Saved the World, with Dr. Kaushik Basu and Host Dan Hesse

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466. Jim Loehr on “Sapiens Reinvented” and The Essence of a Meaningful Life, with Host Tom Loarie

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465. How Mentors helped Ginni Rometty become Fortune’s “#1 Most Powerful Woman”, with Host Dan Hesse

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464. Stop Selling and Start “Falling into Trust” with Richard Harris, and Host Tom Loarie

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463. Learn to Live Your Values and Say No, with Dr. Sunita Sah and Host Dan Hesse

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462. Performance Reviews are a Lie; Find out why with Guest Ashley Goodall and Host Tom Loarie

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461. Turning an Industry’s Business Model Upside Down with Andy Beckstoffer

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460. Guest Dr. Natali Edmonds on Becoming an Accidental Entrepreneur and Providing Genuine Answers and Support for Dementia Caregivers

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459. Former Senator Jack Danforth Explains How Religious Congregations Can Heal America’s Political Divide

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458. How to Lead with Character, with World-renown human performance psychologist Jim Loehr on The Mentors Radio

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457. How to stay Anchored in Clear Thinking and Common Sense when everyone around you seems crazy with Professor J. Budziszewski

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456. Eswar Prasad Explains the Crypto Phenomenon and Why Cash May Disappear, with Host Dan Hesse

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455. Behind the Lens: Renown Portrait Photographer Michael Collopy shares what distinguishes the truly great from the merely famous

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454. Host Dan Hesse talks with Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis about Mentoring and more

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453. Breaking the Code to Enjoying Life, with former Apple Executive Rusty Gaillard and Host Tom Loarie

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452. Sahil Bloom on Why Four Kinds of Wealth Rank Ahead of Financial Wealth in Designing a Dream Life, with Host Dan Hesse

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451. Financier and Sports Leader Thom Weisel talks about What It Means To Build Things that Last, with Host Tom Loarie

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450. AI guru Nick Thompson recommends the right AI model for you, on The Mentors Radio

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449. Music as Medicine – with Neuroscientist, Musician and Author Daniel Levitin and Host Tom Loarie

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448. The Dean of PR Executives—Robert L. Dilenschneider—Explains the Importance of Respect

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447. From Pregnant Runaway at 14 to Washington D.C.’s Police Chief at 39—A Remarkable Story of Resilience

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446. Five-Time Super Bowl Champion CEO Carmen Policy describes Winning with Class, with Host Dan Hesse

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445. Former Stanford Health CIO Ed Kopetsky mentors families impacted by drug addiction— His “why” inspires

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444. How NOT to Get a Job: Dana Gower on Avoiding Time-Wasting Traps and Using AI to Land Your Next Role

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443. Learn from a Master of Crisis Leadership, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen (Ret.)

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442. The Real Secret Sauce of Leadership: Authenticity Over Appearance, with Guest Randy Hain and Host Tom Loarie

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441. Lt. General Robert L. Caslen (Ret.) and Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., give proof that Character, Caring and Trust are Foundations of Effective Leadership

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440. Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard on “Late Bloomers” with Host Tom Loarie

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439. The Lamar Hunt Story – Character in Action, with Award-winning Journalist and Author Michael MacCambridge

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438. Is the way we’re thinking holding us back? Dr. Gerald Nosich mentors us in the power of true critical thinking and in what holds us back

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437. Ursula Burns on Blazing a Trail to the Top of Xerox, with Host Dan Hesse

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436. Meet Mai Nguyen, the unlikely CEO now on a path to change the lives of millions with memory disorders: A Real-world journey in Courage, Heart and Grit

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435. How AI-Powered Robots will Change Work and Play with Guest Kate Darling and Host Dan Hesse on The Mentors Radio

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434. Influence, Listening and the Power of Presence with Guest Norman Hall, the last of the Fuller Brush salesmen

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433. How China Captured Apple, with Patrick McGee and Host Dan Hesse

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432. Legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young talks “feeling” music and his love for cars, guitars and dogs, with Host Dan Hesse

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431. How to Build Success to Last, with Guest Mark C. Thompson and Host Tom Loarie

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430. Award-winning physician Dr. Paul Christo Reveals Innovative Therapies that Conquer Chronic Pain, with Host Dan Hesse

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429. How to Become the Manager you Want to be – and that Others Need, with Guest Sabina Nawaz and Host Tom Loarie

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428. Award-winning Journalist Cecilia Kang talks with Host Dan Hesse about enormous implications of Meta antitrust trial for the Tech industry and more

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427. Ashley Goodall on Why You’re Struggling – and Why it is Not Your Fault, with Host Tom Loarie

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426. General Stanley McChrystal explains why WHO we become means more than WHAT we become, with Host Dan Hesse

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425. Ram Charan on How to Lead in Chaos, Think Critically, and Outsmart China’s Economic War, with Host Tom Loarie

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424. From Lawyer to Internationally Acclaimed Wine Critic, Robert Parker talks about changing careers to pursue his passion

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423. London-based Justin Stebbing, M.D., and his Journey of Discovery Finding Improved Therapies for Cancer

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